Clay in Color

The Ceramic Still Life with Ryan Flores

Today, on Clay in Color, we chat with Ryan Flores. He creates bountiful sculptures of vegetation in a psychedelic array of glazes. In our interview, he talks about vegeta

On Giving Life to "The Girls" with Murjoni Merriweather

Today, on Clay in Color, we chat with Murjoni Merriweather. She creates stylized figurative sculptures that celebrate Black beauty. In our interview, she talks about her

Following Your Guts with Roxanne Jackson

Today, on Clay in Color, we chat with Roxanne Jackson. She creates fantastical sculptures that combine beauty and horror. In our interview, she talks about finding beauty

The Garden as a Second Studio with Syd Carpenter

Today, on Clay in Color, we chat with Syd Carpenter. She creates sculptures that center the geopolitical history and social mobility of Black farmers and gardeners in Ame

On Dancing with Clay with Maya Vivas

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Maya Vivas. They create sinuous sculptures that are "moving but not moving" and behave like autonomous bodies. In our interview, we t

On Yassifying Sculptures and Displays with Joel Gaitan

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Joel Gaitan. He creates personified earthenware vessels that mirror his friends, family, and himself while drawing from the ceramic l

Season 3 of Clay in Color!

Angelik and Alex are back for a new series of Clay in Color!  Season three features eighteen interviews with emerging and established artists of color who are shaping the

Envisioning Latine Futurism with Kristy Moreno

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Kristy Moreno. She creates badass femme and nonbinary figures in clay and paint to examine the bonds between social, political, and p

The Joy of Missing Out with Ashwini Bhat

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Ashwini Bhat. She creates abstract and organic sculptures that reflect on self and place. In our interview, we talk about rituals in

If Dinosaurs Had Instagram with Chanakaran "Punch" Semachai

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Chanakaran "Punch" Semachai. She creates boldly colored and patterned vessels and sculptures of dinosaurs that poke fun at the human

Not a Rocketship but a Rollercoaster with Grant Levy-Lucero

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Grant Levy-Lucero. He creates vessels as canvases for paintings of signs around Los Angeles of recognizable products. In our intervie

Defining an Asian American Experience with Beth Lo

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Beth Lo. She creates sculptures and vessels that reflect her Chinese American experience through the motif of children. In our interv

On Building a Meaningful Legacy with Roberto Lugo

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Roberto Lugo. He creates portrait vessels of Black and Brown icons that incorporate graffiti and Hip-Hop iconography and references t

On the Complexity of Diasporic Living with Anina Major

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Anina Major. She creates ceramic sculptures, mixed media installations, videos, and performances about the relationship between self

Embracing the Decorative with George Rodriguez

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with George Rodriguez. He creates lavishly adorned figurative sculptures that aim to build community. In our interview, we talk about the

On Crafting a Personal Mythology with Karla Ekatherine Canseco

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Karla Ekatherine Canseco. She creates grotesque sculptures that explore identity, home, and the body. In our interview, we talk about

Collecting Human Experiences with Melvino Garretti

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Melvino Garretti. He creates mixed media sculptures and paintings that reflect his pursuit as an "urban and suburban anthropologist."

Printing a World of One's Own with Jolie Ngo

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Jolie Ngo. She creates 3D-printed ceramic vessels that bridge the past and future of ceramics. In our interview, we talk about how sh

On Breaking Out As A Self-Taught Artist with Bony Ramirez

Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Bony Ramirez. He creates mixed media paintings and sculptures of Black and Brown figures that represent the diversity of contemporary

Clay in Color Season 2!

Angelik and Alex are back for a new series of Clay in Color! This season they bring you conversations with young professionals and established artists of color who are sh